Wisconsin Republicans discuss cutting governor-elect's power

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By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press NOVEMBER 15, 2018 — 2:55PM

MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin's assembly speaker said following a private meeting Thursday with Gov. Scott Walker that he thinks the exiting Republican governor will be "generally supportive" of plans to limit powers of the governor's office before Democrat Tony Evers takes over.

Speaker Robin Vos and Assembly Majority Leader Jim Steineke met with Walker in his office for about an hour. Shortly after the meeting, Walker announced an afternoon news conference during which he will take questions from reporters for the first time since Evers beat him last week.

Vos was tightlipped after the meeting, telling The Associated Press he didn't want to speak for the governor ahead of his news conference.

"It's fine, everything's good," Vos said, as he left the governor's office in the Capitol. "I'm just being intentionally vague because I don't know yet. (Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald) wasn't there."

As Walker prepares to leave office, Vos and Fitzgerald have talked about limiting the governor's rule-making power; changing the makeup of boards and commissions, likely to limit the governor's influence; enshrining rules related to the state's voter photo ID law to make it more difficult to change; and making it more difficult for the governor to block a work requirement for Medicaid recipients.

http://www.startribune.com/vos-meets-with-walker-about-limiting-evers-power/500611811/

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1. Republicans Don't Believe in Democracy so They Work at Dismantling It

They don’t deserve to enjoy the benefits of democracy.

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2. Republicans and the religious right hate democracy

They are in your face fascist bastards now.

I hope the democratic party can wipe them out as a political force soon.

The blue wave midterms were a good start!

[BlueWI]

3. The fight isn't over.

Time to speak up in defense of Evers and the will of the people.

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5. I believe that the GOP still holds a supermajority in both houses

and they lack any moral compass.

[BlueWI]

9. True.

Hopefully the Senate races lean further Democratic for the presidential election year.

[rlegro]

10. Wisconsin GOP lawmakers do not have a supermajority

Thus they could not overturn any vetoes by incoming Democratic Gov. Tony Evers. That's why they have to act before Walker leaves office in January. They're running an animal house. All political animals are equal, but Republicans are more equal than others.

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4. The GOP is a one party organization in a 2 major party country.

Recommended.

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6. Wisconsin is gerrymandered to the extreme.

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7. Most areas that the GOP controls are.

And they call that democracy.

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8. They really want to be the only party solution for this country.

It's all about the power and it has totally corrupted their leadership. They have no useful ideas to make things better for the great majority, just to jam their minority (and rapidly shrinking) agenda up our collective backside.

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11. SO WHAT IS OUR RESPONSE TO THIS.... as much as I abhor the thought of standing out in the

cold again for hours and days on end I fear this may be one of those times where we have to prod ou r leaders and show some fighting spirit. One takeaway from 2011 Ill never forget - interview with one of the "Fab 14" who said it was the sight of us walking day after day past their offic e windows which gave them the courage to take a stand and go to Illinois.

[BlueWI]

12. Good reminder.

I need to turn grousing into action and write to my nearest Republican legislator, whom I know personally. Maybe it can do some good. He voted against at least one of Walker's budgets.